Railway-rail joint.



No. 812,717. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

P. BARBER.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.19,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 19, 1906. Serial no. 283,611.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER l. BARBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Iniproyements in Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention relates to railway-rail joints; and its rimar object is to provide a novel to and big ily use ul device of this character b means of which the meeting ends of two a jacent railway-rails can be-united against sagging, one which is comparatively simple of construction and one which can be 1nanufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

A further object of the invention is to provide a railway-rail joint wherein the clamps and joint members thereof are so constructed and relatively arranged that the pressure.

laced thereon b a train moving over the oint :will cause t e joint members to more firmly embrace the rails.

, W1th the above andother objects in view, the invention consists in the construction,

combination, and arrangement parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,whcrem I I v 0 .Figure 1 is' a view in side elevation of the meeting ends of two railway-rails united by a joint eonstructedin accordance with my in vention. Fig.2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 .is a detail perspective view of one of the clamp members.

' Referrin r to thedrawings by reference-nu- -1nerals, 1 esig'nates the "bases, 2 the Webs, and 3 the treads, of two railway-rails, the

same being of the usual form and construc- 40 tion and supported by means of ties 4.

, ,5 designates two joint members or chairs, each comprising a vertically-disposed webengaging flange 6, a horizontally-disposed base-engaging flange 7, and an underlying flange 8, said flange 8 being spaced from the flange 7, whereb' to engage the under surface I of the bases of t e rails. The joint members or chairs 5are secured in applied position by -1n ean s of bolts 9 and nutslO, the same passgo-ing through the flanges 6 and the webs of the rails. The flanges 6 are of 'a height slightl greater than the distancebetween the tread 3 and bases 1 of the rails and are bowed out: amily or laterally from the webs 2 thereof,-

ings. In the application oi the fastening means it is apparent that the bowed portions of the flanges 6 will be caused to move toward the webs oi' the rails, and thereby bring the upper longitudinal edges oi the flanges 6 into forcible engagement with the under sides oi the treads 3 and force the flanges 7 down tightly upon the bases 1. To add further tothe strength of the joint, 1 secure to the joint members or chairs three clamps, one being arranged at its lon itudinal center and one at each of its ends, said clamps comprisingmembers. The members 01 tie clamps comprise a body ortion, from which roject upwardly and ownwardly curved 7o ips 12, said lips engaging over the outer longitudinal edges oi the joint members or chairs, as is fully illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Cihe bod Y portions of the members 11' are increase in thickness at points adjacent their inner opposing ends and havetheir inner opposing ends inclined upwardly in reverse directions, as at 13, Figs. 2 and 3,

whereby the weight placed upon the joint by a moving train is taken by the clamps and carried toward its transverse center, thus causing the inner opposing ends of the member 11 to a preach each other and thus more 7 firmly em race the joint members. The members 11 of the clamps are secured. in ap- 8 5 plied position by bolts Mend nuts 15, the bolts extending lon itudinally of and fully embedded in the b0 ies of said members.

The weight placed upon the rail-joint by moving trains will alsocause, through the po- 9 sition of the flanges 8, the flanges 6 and 7 to more firmly embrace the rails; and in view of this variable engagement of the rails by the joint members an of the joint members by the clamps it is apparent that I provide a 9 5 rail-joint whichinstead of having a tendency to weaken under theweight placed thereon has a tendency to become stronger and to more firmly unite the meeting ends of the rails. ree

From the fore cing description, taken in, connection with t 1e aecoln )anying drawings, the construction and me e of o eration of the invention will be understoo without a' further extended description. 1 i

Changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from tne spirit or sacriiicng anyof the ad- 55 as isiully illustrated'in Fig. 2 of the draw- 1 vantages thereof. no

Having iully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of the meeting ends of two railway-rails, joint members, and a clamp comprising members, each having its inner opposing end inclined upwardly in a reverse direction.

' 2. In a device of the character described, the combination of the meeting ends of two railway-rails, joint members having their vertically-disposed portions bowed, and clamps comprlsm r members, each having its inner o. posing en inclined upwardly in a reverse irection, substantially as shown and [5 described.

In testimony whereof I al'lix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' HOMER F. BARBER. Witnesses:

NINA STEELE, RALPH W. OAMBBELL. 

